Home Office

Asylum

David Linden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures are in place to ensure that pregnant asylum seekers and refugees receive access to maternity grants.

Brandon Lewis: Details of the support available to asylum seekers including payments toward the costs arising from the birth of a new baby can be found at:https://www.gov.uk/asylum-support/overviewThe full policy and guidance for processing such claims is published on the GOV. UK at:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asylum-support-asylum-instructions

Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Communities and Local Government: Written Questions

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions have advised that the requested information was not available on the grounds of disproportionate cost associated with data collection and collation in the current session.

Mr Marcus Jones: Less than 1 per cent.